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Tax revenues in the consolidated budget of Ukraine, including the state budget and local budgets, in January-August 2016 increased by 30% year-over-year, to UAH 475 billion, head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. ”The main result is the increase in revenues to the consolidated budget –...

Two unidentified perpetrators attacked a Kyiv man, seizing a bag with a large sum in foreign currency, the Department of Communication of the National Police in Kyiv told an UNIAN correspondent. It has been established that a 25-year-old man was assaulted by two men as he came out of an apartment complex in the capital`s Desnianskiy district....

It is the second year the convention of non-recognized republics takes place in the Russian capital, according to Ukraine Today. Representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk people`s republics were not officially included in the ”separatist conference” participation list, however, some of them attended the event anyway, Ukraine Today...

Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine in January-July 2016 increased by 24% to 40,995 units, according to the State Statistics Service`s website. According to the report, the total customs value of the imported vehicles amounted to $730.4 million, which is 68% more than last year. At the same time, exports of vehicles from Ukraine during the...

Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, according to Euronews. The base consisting of three military facilities is the latest in a chain of new military sites, part of what the Kremlin sees as an important counterpoint to NATO, Euronews...

Ukrainian military reserve involves more than 85,000 citizens, speaker for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernobay has told a news briefing in Kyiv Tuesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”To date, more than 85,000 citizens serve in the military reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Chernobay said. Defense Ministry spokesman...

The country`s largest gas company, Ukrgazvydobuvannia, has started production of the eco-friendly Euro-4 diesel fuel at the Shebelynka plant for processing gas condensate and oil, company`s chief Oleh Prokhorenko wrote on Facebook. ”We have launched Euro-4 diesel fuel at the Shebelynka plant… This is the end of the era of non-eco-friendly...

The indicators of the state budget of Ukraine for 2017, according to the draft approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and currently considered by Parliament are realistic, but deviations from these parameters are possible in both directions, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said on Espreso.TV. ”Of course, any crisis, either global or...

U.S. presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin greenlighted hacker attacks on U.S. institutions. ”I think cyber security, cyber warfare will be one of the biggest challenges facing the next president, because clearly we`re facing at this point two different kinds of...

Former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott is urging Russia to own up to its role in the fatal downing of flight MH17, amid claims new evidence shows militants were not at fault, according to news.com.au. Mr Abbott, who was prime minister at the time of the crash, dismissed the Russian claim that the deadly missile downing MH17 was fired...